Really cool idea.
Get six bands to cover 1 song.
In this case it was The Clash's 'London Calling'.
The band in the above clip is called 'It Is Semtex' and their cover of the song starts at the 2:15 mark. The lead singer's name is Felix, and this idea of '6 Bands, 1 Song' was his.
There's an Art Collective here that calls itself München851 - Der Münchner Kultur-Biergarten, (the name is a play on Munich celebrating its 851st year of existence), and for about 2 weeks they have this chill little Beer Garden where they put on Poetry Slams, have DJ and VJays spin, with some Stand-Up, (contrary to Popular Belief we Germans do have awesome Comics), have bands play and do a little theatre, right at the foot of Munich's high end shopping district in the Marienplatz.
Nice to see a sub-culture fit in so well with the larger culture, unlike what we have in The States.
Due to a slight language mix-up I missed the above show by a day, which was a shame because I've been looking for something to showcase the video capabilities of the cams we're using, shooting with no light, and this would have been totally perfect for that. Oh, well, there'll be plenty of opportunity at the Oktoberfest in 5 weeks for that.
And gotten these bands a bit more exposure. Felix, as seen here, I first noticed a few days earlier when we first stumbled onto this, because his voice sounds like a young Joe Strummer.
Not a bad thing to have in your Repertoire.
For now, somebody did have the foresight to record the show and put it up on UStream, look for other clips there when you click on the above, and Zehra, the person that organized all this told me that more clips will be forthcoming and if I see them I'll post 'em back here.
Nyc
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